The deputy located and stopped the man near Highway 32/64 and Weller Road. The man said he was intoxicated, had just been released from prison a month earlier and was staying in a camper nearby.

After declining a field sobriety test, the deputy told him he was under arrest. The man started to yell that he was not going back to jail and started to run away.

The deputy tackled the man, who continued to resist being handcuffed.

After he was eventually restrained, the man screamed and yelled at the deputy that he “going to shoot you in the head with a gun” and then spat at him from about eight feet away.

While trying to escort the suspect to the squad car, the man again became argumentative and started to yell and spit again. The deputy put the man on the ground and put a hood over his head.

Two other deputies arrived, and the man was placed in the squad car, where again said he was “going to put a bullet in (the deputy’s) head.”

The deputy then stopped at the tavern to retrieve the man’s coat, inside of which was a sandwich bag with a green leafy substance that turned out to be 9.7 grams of marijuana, and a glass marijuana pipe.

Rau was charged with threatening a law enforcement officer, throwing/discharging bodily fluids a public safety worker and possession of THC-second and subsequent offense — all felonies — and resisting an officer and possession of drug paraphernalia. The threatening charge carries a maximum sentence of six years, while the other two felonies carry terms of three years, six months.

He was also issued citations for operating a snowmobile while intoxicated and snowmobiler-refuse breathalyzer.

At his initial appearance on Feb. 2, his bond was set at $10,000 cash.

Online court records indicate Rau was sentenced in August 2015 to one year in prison and two years extended supervision for fifth offense operating while intoxicated in Winnebago County.